Regiunea Bihor was one of the newly established (in 1950) administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania

Communist Romania

Communist Romania was the period in Romanian history when that country was a Soviet-aligned communist state in the Eastern Bloc, with the dominant role of Romanian Communist Party enshrined in its successive constitutions...

, copied after the Soviet style of territorial organisation.

History

The capital of the region was Oradea

Oradea

Oradea is the capital city of Bihor County, in the Crișana region of north-western Romania. The city has a population of 204,477, according to the 2009 estimates. The wider Oradea metropolitan area has a total population of 245,832.-Geography:...

, and its territory comprised an area similar to the nowadays Bihor County

Bihor County

Bihor is a county of Romania, in Crişana, with capital city at Oradea. Together with Hajdú-Bihar County in Hungary it constitutes the Biharia Euroregion.-Demographics:...

. In 1952 its name was changed to Oradea, and in 1956 after the dissolution of Arad region

Regiunea Arad

Regiunea Arad was one of the newly established administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania, copied after the Soviet style of territorial organisation...

 it included raion

Raion

A raion is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district"...

s Ineu, Criş and Gurahonţ of it. In 1960 it was renamed to Crişana.

Neighbors

Bihor region had as neighbors:

• 1950–1956: East: Cluj region
  Regiunea Cluj
  Regiunea Cluj was one of the newly established administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania, set after the soviet style.-History:...
  
  ; South: Arad region
  Regiunea Arad
  Regiunea Arad was one of the newly established administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania, copied after the Soviet style of territorial organisation...
  
  ; West: Hungarian People's Republic; North: Baia Mare region
  Regiunea Baia Mare
  Regiunea Baia Mare was one of the newly established administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania, copied after the Soviet style of territorial organisation.-History:...
  
  .
• 1956–1968: East: Cluj region
  Regiunea Cluj
  Regiunea Cluj was one of the newly established administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania, set after the soviet style.-History:...
  
  ; South: Banat and Hunedoara regions; West: Hungarian People's Republic; North: Baia Mare region
  Regiunea Baia Mare
  Regiunea Baia Mare was one of the newly established administrative divisions of the People's Republic of Romania, copied after the Soviet style of territorial organisation.-History:...
  
  .

Rayons

• 1950–1956: Oradea, Săcuieni, Marghita, Şimleu, Aleşd, Salonta, Beiuş.
• 1956–1968: Oradea, Săcuieni, Marghita, Şimleu, Aleşd, Salonta, Beiuş, Criş, Ineu, Gurahonţ.